Security advisory

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  "id": "c5a7ce65afb432711f9b4700afb738254af85d15a3e38cbdf9d25205a0ac002f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-6285",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-6285",
    "summary": "The SingleDocParser::HandleFlowSequence function in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted YAML file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-6285",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "562aefc114938e388457e6a531ed7b54d9dc1b62"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "562aefc114938e388457e6a531ed7b54d9dc1b62"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:yaml-cpp_project:yaml-cpp:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.6.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.6.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.6.2",
            "yaml-cpp-0.6.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-6285.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:40.540907032Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/660"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-6285",
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382746,
  "published_at": "2019-01-14T22:29:00.39+00:00"
}